Bluefields Essays

  • Personal Growth Through Travel: A Nicaraguan Adventure

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    Leaving your home is always scary, but I believe different countries help us get perspective. And that is exactly what I got when I traveled to Bluefields, Nicaragua. My church supports two missionaries in that Central American city, so we decided to go to the beautiful coastal town of Bluefields. Traveling to that part of the world had been a dream for many people in my church, including me. A small group of people planned the trip and soon we were on a plane anxiously awaiting our new experience

  • Bluefield Description

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    For one week out of the year about mid-May the little town of Bluefield is made a little livelier. As the time draws near the usually deserted parking lot begins to fill with the deafening sound of revving engines. Once directly upon the parking lot the sound can be traced back to the engines of many monstrous tractor trailers idling there. When directly by the lot the trucks are having many sleek metal components unloaded onto the pavement. As time progresses these metal components began to take

  • Who Is John Nash A Victim Of Schizophrenia?

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    Second World War as a lieutenant in the supply services in front of France. His mother, Margaret Virginia Martin was born in Bluefield, studied at the University of Western Virginia, and before her marriage she worked as an English and Latin teacher. During her life suffered partial hearing loss due to an earlier illness which caused high fever. Both parents came to Bluefield from West Carolina. He also had a half years younger sister,

  • Mathematician: John Forbes Nash Jr.

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    John Forbes Nash Jr. was born on June 13, 1928 in Bluefield, West Virginia. John grew up to be one of the greatest mathematicians of his generation. Nash’s works in game theory, differential geometry, and particle differential equations are now used across the world in things such as: market economics, evolutionary biology, accounting, computing, politics, military theory, as well as others. As stated before, Nash was born on June 13, 1928 in Bluefield, West Virginia. He is the son of his father,

  • John Nash Hallucinations

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    John Forbes Nash Jr. was born on June 13, 1928, in Bluefield West Virginia. In his childhood years his father was an electrical engineer, and his mother was a schoolteacher. As a child he was introverted and preferred to play in solitude, and soon became noticed for his talents in the classroom. His abilities were truly shown after his father brought home books for John to read, and eventually led him to learn more at home than he did at school. He showed such an interest in mathematics that

  • The Genius Of William Parcher's A Beautiful Mind

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    Background Information John Nash was a brilliant mathematician born in Bluefield, West Virginia on June 13, 1928. He showed a gifted for mathematics at a young age. Nash attended Carnegie Institute of Technology. At Carnegie, Nash graduated with both a B.S. and M.S in mathematics. After Carnegie, Nash is offered the John S. Kennedy fellowship at Princeton University, where he continued to pursue his studies in mathematic. In 2001, A Beautiful Mind is produced about John Nash’s achievements and his

  • Wanderlust Research Paper

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    Anthony Bourdain once stated, “Travel changes you. As you move through this life and this world you change things slightly, you leave marks behind, however small. And in return, life and travel leaves marks on you. Most of the time, those marks, on your body or on your heart are beautiful. Often, though, they hurt¨, however travel changes the ways we see the world. A synonym for travelling is wanderlust. Wanderlust is defined as ¨a strong, innate desire to roam or travel about¨ (Dictionary). Travel

  • The Importance Of Mental Health Literacy

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    The Importance of Mental Health Literacy Patricia Bailey 301 HSMT Bluefield State College October 5, 2017 The Importance of Mental Health Literacy The article “Mental Health Literacy: Social Work’s Role in Improving Public Mental Health”, was written by Amy N. Mendenhall and Susan Frauenholtz in the publication Social Work Volume 58, Number 4 on October 2013. As the article starts, the NASW (National Association of Social Workers) explains how the US took the public’s improvements

  • The Glass Castle, Roaring Tigers, Anxious Choppers

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    In order to be good parent, one must be supportive of their child’s goals, teach them morals and values, and take on the responsibility of being a good parents. Examples of these qualities are shown through the works The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke, and “Roaring Tigers, Anxious Choppers” by Nancy Gibbs. These three works are written about families in which the parents sometimes are not good parents to their children. Every good parent should support their

  • Educational Goals and Philosophy

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    Educational Goals and Philosophy As a child, playing “school” occupied most of my time. My younger sister and I taught a bedroom full of stuffed animals and filled in imaginary names in our old school books. From the bad bears and loud bunnies to the good puppies and smart kittens, each stuffed animal possessed his or her own personality. The thought of teaching never entered into my mind when I was asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” Uncertain about the career field that I

  • OMD GEESE

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    wounded, two geese drop out of formation and follow it down to help and protect it. They stay with it until it dies or is able to fly again. They launch out with another formation or catch up with the flock (Lessons on Teamwork from Geese, 1999). Bluefield College has a unique flock of geese that meet every Thursday night in the Science building on the second floor in room # 222. These particular geese "honk" in every class and are attempting to become a team. OMD #97 members are a prime example of

  • John Forbes Nash

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    Introduction Dr. John Forbes Nash Jr. was born in June 13th 1928 in Bluefield, West Virginia to a very educated family. His father whom he was name after John Nash Sr. was an electrical engineer and his Mother Margaret Virginia Martin was an English and Latin teacher. Dr. Nash was always ahead of people his age. According to biography from the noble prize, by the time John was in high school he was reading the classical “Men of Mathematics” by E.T. Bell and succeeding in proving the classic Fermat

  • Joh Nash

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    in popular culture as the subject of the Hollywood movie, A Beautiful Mind, about his mathematical genius and his struggles with mental illness. Childhood/Adolence: On June 13, 1928, John Forbes Nash was born in the small Appalachian town of Bluefield, West Virginia, the son of John Nash Sr., an electrical engineer, and Virginia Martin, a teacher. At 12, he was carrying out scientific experiments in his room at home. John at a young age didn't like working with other people, preferring to do

  • Log Home Construction

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    The Non-Traditional structure that I chose to design is a log home. When doing research on styles of construction I was a little overwhelmed with the options that are available for construction methods. The first thing I needed to find out is what type of footing and foundation is needed to support the immense weight of the logs. An 8"x16" footing and 8" foundation is sufficient enough to support the weight of a log home. There are three different options available for supporting the floor joist